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illustrates, in a pump driven at a constant speed, a throttling valve controls the flow rate. Mechanisms such as throttling valves are generally more complicated to implement in automated processes and waste large amounts of energy. In the process industry today, electronically controlled adjustable‐speed drives (ASDs), shown in Fig. 1-4b, control the pump speed to match the flow requirement. Systems with ASDs are much easier to automate and offer much higher energy efficiency and lower maintenance than the traditional systems with throttling valves.

Schematic illustration of the traditional and ASD-based flow control systems.

      According to [1], the US industrial motor systems of all sizes and in all applications have the potential energy‐saving opportunity, as a percentage of the US end‐use electricity load, from 3.3 to 8.9%.

      These improvements are not limited to the process industry. Electric drives for speed and position control are increasingly being used in a variety of manufacturing, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC), and transportation systems, as we will see in the subsequent sections.

      1‐3‐2 Energy‐Saving Potential in the Residential and Commercial Sectors

Schematic illustration of the energy usage in (a) residential sector and (b) commercial sector.

      According to [4], the technical energy‐saving potential achievable through motor upgrades and variable speed technology is estimated to be 536 trillion BTU (0.54 quads) of the primary energy in the residential sector.

      In the commercial sector, technical potential due to motor upgrades alone is 0.46 quads of the primary energy, whereas the potential savings resulting from the use of variable‐speed drives alone is 0.53 quads of the primary energy.

      Therefore, the primary energy‐saving potential in the residential and the commercial sectors combined is approximately 1.53 quads. This, as a percentage of the total primary energy consumed, is approximately 1.5%. Assuming the efficiency by which the primary energy is converted to electricity to be 35%, the savings of 1.53 quads of the primary energy equals approximately 157 billion kWh of saved electricity. As a percentage of the total electricity generated in 2018 in the United States, this represents savings of 3.76%.

      As shown earlier in Fig. 1-3, the transportation sector represents 28% of primary energy consumption. In 2016, the emission of greenhouse gases from the transportation sector surpassed that of the electric power sector in the United States. Therefore, electrifying transportation is of extreme importance where electric motors are used. This is true for all modes of transportation:

      1 Ground transportation using automobiles in the form of electric vehicles for personal transport but also in trucks and buses. These could be in the form of electric, hybrid‐electric, or plug‐in hybrid or hydrogen fuel‐cell vehicles.

      2 High‐speed trains and metro transit systems.

      3 Aircrafts that all use electric generators and motors.

Schematic illustration of the need for controlling the electromagnetic torque Tem.

Graph depicts the power and speed range of electric drives.

      Due to the power electronic converter, drives are not limited in speeds, unlike line‐fed motors that are generally limited to 3600 rpm or so with a 60‐Hz supply (3 000 rpm with a 50‐Hz supply).

      The block diagram of Fig. 1-1b

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